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Haggai

Encourages the Jews to rebuild the temple, promising blessings.

Chapter 1

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KJV: In the second year of Darius the king, in the sixth month, in the first day of the month, came the word of the LORD by Haggai the prophet unto Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and to Joshua the son of Josedech, the high priest, saying,

Geneva: In the second yeere of King Darius, in the sixt moneth, the first day of the moneth, came ye worde of the Lorde (by the ministery of the Prophet Haggai) vnto Zerubbabel the sonne of Shealtiel, a prince of Iudah, and to Iehoshua the sonne of Iehozadak the hie Priest, saying,

KJV: Thus speaketh the LORD of hosts, saying, This people say, The time is not come, the time that the LORD’s house should be built.

Geneva: Thus speaketh the Lorde of hostes, saying, This people say, The time is not yet come, that the Lords House should be builded.

KJV: Then came the word of the LORD by Haggai the prophet, saying,

Geneva: Then came the worde of the Lorde by the ministerie of the Prophet Haggai, saying,

KJV: Is it time for you, O ye, to dwell in your cieled houses, and this house lie waste?

Geneva: Is it time for your selues to dwell in your sieled houses, and this House lie waste?

KJV: Now therefore thus saith the LORD of hosts; Consider your ways.

Geneva: Now therefore thus saith ye Lord of hostes, Consider your owne wayes in your hearts.

KJV: Ye have sown much, and bring in little; ye eat, but ye have not enough; ye drink, but ye are not filled with drink; ye clothe you, but there is none warm; and he that earneth wages earneth wages to put it into a bag with holes.

Geneva: Ye haue sowen much, and bring in litle: ye eate, but ye haue not ynough: ye drinke, but ye are not filled: ye clothe you, but ye be not warme: and he that earneth wages, putteth the wages into a broken bagge.

KJV: Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Consider your ways.

Geneva: Thus sayth the Lorde of hostes, Consider your owne wayes in your hearts.

KJV: Go up to the mountain, and bring wood, and build the house; and I will take pleasure in it, and I will be glorified, saith the LORD.

Geneva: Goe vp to the mountaine, & bring wood, and build this House, and I wil be fauourable in it, and I will be glorified, sayth the Lord.

KJV: Ye looked for much, and lo, it came to little; and when ye brought it home, I did blow upon it. Why? saith the LORD of hosts. Because of mine house that is waste, and ye run every man unto his own house.

Geneva: Ye looked for much, and lo, it came to litle: and when ye brought it home, I did blowe vpon it; why, sayth the Lord of hostes? Because of mine House that is waste, and ye runne euery man vnto his owne house.

KJV: Therefore the heaven over you is stayed from dew, and the earth is stayed from her fruit.

Geneva: Therefore the heauen ouer you stayed it selfe from dewe, and the earth stayed her fruite.

KJV: And I called for a drought upon the land, and upon the mountains, and upon the corn, and upon the new wine, and upon the oil, and upon that which the ground bringeth forth, and upon men, and upon cattle, and upon all the labour of the hands.

Geneva: And I called for a drought vpon the land, and vpon the mountaines, & vpon the corne, and vpon the wine, and vpon the oyle, vpon all that the ground bringeth foorth: both vpon men and vpon cattell, and vpon all the labour of the hands.

KJV: Then Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, and Joshua the son of Josedech, the high priest, with all the remnant of the people, obeyed the voice of the LORD their God, and the words of Haggai the prophet, as the LORD their God had sent him, and the people did fear before the LORD.

Geneva: When Zerubbabel the sonne of Shealtiel, and Iehoshua the sonne of Iehozadak the hie Priest with all the remnant of the people, heard the voyce of the Lord their God, & the wordes of the Prophet Haggai (as the Lorde their God had sent him) then the people did feare before the Lorde.

KJV: Then spake Haggai the LORD’s messenger in the LORD’s message unto the people, saying, I am with you, saith the LORD.

Geneva: Then spake Haggai the Lords messenger in the Lords message vnto the people, saying, I am with you, sayth the Lord.

KJV: And the LORD stirred up the spirit of Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and the spirit of Joshua the son of Josedech, the high priest, and the spirit of all the remnant of the people; and they came and did work in the house of the LORD of hosts, their God,

Geneva: And the Lord stirred vp the spirite of Zerubbabel, the sonne of Shealtiel a prince of Iudah, and the spirit of Iehoshua the sonne of Iehozadak the hie Priest, and the spirit of all the remnant of the people, and they came, and did the worke in the House of the Lorde of hostes their God.

KJV: In the four and twentieth day of the sixth month, in the second year of Darius the king.

Geneva: (2:1) In the foure and twentieth day of the sixt moneth, in the second yeere of King Darius,